European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday september 14, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 17 dodgers rip reds lose by Fred Mcmane up sports writer the los Angeles dodgers got a bad break Friday night the kind that could Cost them the National league West pen Nant. The dodgers Defeated the Cincinnati reds 5-2v to hang on to a first place tie with the Houston astros in the no West no. Roundup but in the process los Angeles lost Short Stop Bill Russell for probably the rest of the season with a broken Finger. Russell was hit by a pitch thrown by Mike Lacoss in the third inning and a rays revealed a multiple fracture of the right Index Finger. Russell was to Fly Back to los Angeles saturday Tor further medi Cal treatment. The dodgers meanwhile called up shortstop Gary Weiss from their Albuquerque farm club. Right now it does t look like i la be Able to play anymore this year said rus sell. I just can t see coming Back. It Hurt then it went numb. I be never had a broken Finger before but some of the Guys said you can count on it being broken if it goes numb right away and it manager Tom Lasorda said he had no idea How much Russell s loss would Hurt the club in its Pennant drive against the reds and Houston s been playing great baseball but it sure in t anything strange to lose some one said Lasorda. We be had it happen quite a few times to stars strip inti j sports if the dodgers arc to survive the final three weel j of the season they la have of depend on the kind of pitching they got Friday night from Don Sulton. Sutton improving his record to 11-4, allowed Only three hits struck out four and walked four before giving Way to Steve Howe for the final two innings. Howe earned his 16th Angeles jumped to a 2-0 Lead in the third. Derrel Thomas singled and Sutton walked to open the inning. After two outs. Dusty Baker drove in Thomas with a Bloop single and Steve Garvey singled to fill the bases. Lacoss. 8-11, then hit Ron Cey to score Johnstone doubled just inside the first base line to score Mike Scioscia and Dave Lopes both of whom had walked to Send the dodgers to a 4-0 Lead in the fourth. Dan Ericssen hit a two run Homer in the continued on Page 18 Bill Russll. Probably out rest of year Brett s Bat Friday did not play average .396 games left 20 yanks boost Edge to 4 games As Blue jays Down Baltimore North Texas St. Back shot dead in parking lot fight Denton Texas up investigators Are compiling a picture list of possible suspects in the fatal shooting of North Texas state running Back Bernard Jackson and Are asking witnesses who saw a fight which led to the shooting to come Forward. Police sought two suspects for question ing in the slaying of the mean Green Ca reer Rushing Leader a 21-year-old senior who was shot to death Friday i a night club parking lot fight. The two suspects took off after the shooting and nobody knows where they Are at this time police it. Leo Cummngs said. Investigators have net determined what caused the fight. Jackson was shot once in the Chest with a revolver possibly .38 Caliper Early Friday morning near the mean Green inn said Cummngs. The athlete was dead on arrival at flow Hospital. Tymi Metully Toronto Huno a 7-5 loss on the Balti More orioles Friday night that enabled the new York Yankees to Widen their Lead to four games in the Al East after Yankee owner George Steinbrenner allegedly complained that the Blue jays used tougher pitchers against the Yankees than against Baltimore. Steinbrenner occasionally uses a Well timed speech to stir up his own team but his comments infuriated Toronto unfair accusations Call into question the integrity of the management and ownership of the Toronto Blue jays and have placed us in an unfair and embarrassing position in front of our Media and Public Toronto president Peter Bavasi said in a Telegram to baseball com missioner Bowie upon your investigation the very least we would expect is a fully com Al Roundup plete Public apology from George Stein Brenner if not a substantial Fine and sus pension from your Steinbrenner Learned of the Telegram while in Boston watching the Yankees play the red sox. I Don t care if they filed anything with the commissioner Stcin Brenner said. It does t bother me a bit. He s Bavasi a laugh. If i were Peter Bavasi i d spend every waking hour trying to improve the fortunes of the Toronto Blue jays. I know they re having troubles and would t do anything to impugn Kuhn issued a Brief have received a complaint from the Toronto club and we Are investigating it jointly with the american league he Fischl Secretary and assistant to league president Lee Macphail issued a response from the league. Or. Macphail knows about the thing Fishel said. We have been watching their pitching and every other club s and it s Fine. Nothing unusual. We have no other comment. We do not want to exacerbate the Short term victims of Steinbrenner s supposed remarks were the orioles who Are running out of time to catch the Steinbrenner says makes no Dif Ference said Baltimore manager Earl Weaver. If they Are mad at anybody it will be new York and they play them three More times starting sept. 16 in other Al games Yankees 4, red sox 2 Rudy May has t lost in nearly two months and when asked for the reason for his recent Success he answers Wilh two words Rich Gossage. May won his seventh straight game pitching a six hitter Over 7w innings and using Reggie Jackson s 37th Homer. The Victory boosted May s record to 14-5. I Haven t completed a game since 1 Don t know when said May. With him in there you just go out there and throw As hard and As Long As you can because you know no. 54 will come in with 100-mile an hour May started his winning Streak Gossage has saved five of the seven Victo Ries and mopped up in another. I can t say enough about Rudy May. He has the Best cur Mcball i be Ever seen and he has been our team s most consistent Pitcher said Gossage who notched his 27th save. Tigers 6, indians 3champ Summers who singled Home a run in the first capped a three run eighth with his 14th Homer helping Detroit snap a six Gam losing St Ter Mark Fidrych left in the first with soreness in the shoulder and re Lievers Roger Weaver and Aurelio Lopez 12-5. Finished. White sox 5, twin 3 former Minnesota Catcher Glenn Borg Mann drove in four runs Wilh a pair of singles and a two ran Homer. Britt Burns,13-12, was the Winner with the help of de continued on Page is buckeyes Raffy of catch Syracuse 31-21 _ i _ to i a i _ it. A Myrthu i Lorn to talk the Ball aft of c/3f 1c continued from Page i Sidor Wilh 10 47 left in the first Quarter. Less than two minutes later Warner passed 5 Yards to another tight end Chris it Alcoa fora 14-frlead.Ohio state a 31 -8 Victor Over Syracuse in the 1979 opener managed Only three first half Field goals of 35, 34 and 42 Yards by Vlade . Syracuse owned a 21-9 Lead at Hallums. The buckeyes scored the first two times they had the Ball in the third , off to a poor 1980 Start with two interceptions found flanker Doug Donley on 47-Yard bomb and then directed the buckeyes 81 Yards in 10 plays for the go Fread touchdown. Johnson a 6-foot senior from Santa Mara calif., carried the last four times in the drive. He ran six two seven and threads to give Ohio state the Lead for met no time. ,. Schlichter ended Ohio state i scoring by Ranning 10 Yards Wilh 1 36 remaining. F Syracuse stunned the defending Bluj ten i & conference champions by running 11 of the first 12 plays of the game. The buckeyes Only play in the first three possessions was sch a Ichler s interception picked off by Syracuse safely Ike Bogosian. In other College games Virginus Naty 3charlottesv1lle, a. A two Wayne Morrison Field goals and a opportunistic defense gave Virginia s Cav Aliers a 6-3 Victory saturday Over Navy in the season opener for both kicked his game winning 46 Vard Field goal late in the third period after the Cavaliers thwarted a Navy drive Wilh a Fumble recovery at the Virginia 42. Earlier in the Quarter Cavalier put Chester hailed another Middle Advance Morrison s first Field goal a zo-yi.--., capped an 11-play drive that stalled on the Navy 4 when quarterback Todd Kirtley could t find on open receiver in the end zone. It came with just Over two minutes left in the first half. The middies evened it in the third Quarter when Steve Fahr kicked a 29-Yard Field threatened to go ahead three times in the final period but was stopped on Downs a lost Fumble and a pass interception the last by Virginia linebacker Bert Krupp at the Cavaliers 30 with less than two minutes left in the game. Michigan 17, Northwestern 10 Ann Arbor Mich. Up soph Omore quarterback Rich Hewlett hit soph Omore wide receiver Anthony Carter with his second touchdown pass of the game Wilh 10 59 to play saturday to boost 10th ranked Michigan to a hard earned 17-10 big ten Triumph Over improved Northwest wildcats 0-2, did everything but pull a stunning upset in the second y. If allowing Michigan just three offensive plays for a total Possession time of 2 30 inthe third Quarter of its season opener and nearly pulled the game out in the fourth period. Northwestern too l after Carter scored his second to of the game and drove from its own 27 to the Michigan 7 in the final three Junior quarterback Mike Kerrigan was dumped for a 12-Yard loss and then on fourth Down made a desperation pass Imo the end zone that was by line Backer Andy was Cannavino who fell on a Fumble by freshman tailback Kenny Waikins on the Wildcat 23 that led to the game win Ning plays later. Carter beat his de fender and took a pass from Hewlett in the end zone to break a 10-10 tic. Michigan s Ali Haji sheikh ind North Western s Jay Anderson hit on Field goals to leave the teams deadlocked 3-3 late in the first Carter who was Only a possible starter because of a severe shoulder Bruise suffered in a scrimmage last week caught a 17-Yard to pass from Hewlett to give the wolverines a 10-3 halftime Lead
